Cauvery basin – The Wire Science

Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami. Credit: PTI

TN Rejects Centre’s Hydrocarbon EIA Exemption, Asks for Status Quo Ante

Nityanand Jayaraman 20/01/2020

The state government should be lauded for heeding public...

Public Hearing Exemption for Hydrocarbon Exploration Makes a Bad Law Worse

Nityanand Jayaraman 19/01/2020

The environment ministry's decision to reduce regulations of oil...

Rally for Rivers, Cauvery Calling, Isha Foundation, Jaggi Vasudev, tree plantation, Cauvery river, sand mining, groundwater extraction, Medha Patkar, Sardar Sarovar Dam, Narmada Bachao Andolan, Mekedatu dam, Swachh Bharat, Harangi, Kabini, Shimsha, Hemavati, Arkavathi, Suvarnavathi, Lakshmana Thirtha, Lokapavani, Bhavani, Noyyal, Amaravati, Amazon rainforest, Cauvery basin, grasslands,

The Empty Environmentalism of ‘Rally for Rivers’

Nityanand Jayaraman 01/10/2019

Trees are sexy. We don't hear of people planting...

$Cauvery basin, Cauvery delta, hydrocarbon extraction, seismic survey, airgun, produced water, heavy metal contamination, offshore drilling, Neduvasal, zooplankton, humpback whale, Minke whale, beluga, bearded seal, bowhead whale, fracking, hydraulic fracturing, proppant sand, aluminium silicate, nonylphenol ethoxylate, methylisothiazolinone, neurotoxic, genotoxic, boron, phenol formaldehyde resins, glyoxal, isotridecanol ethoxylate, TNPCB, Sterlite copper smelter, Vedanta Sterlite, Thoothukudi protest, ONGC,$

Environmentally, India’s Hydrocarbon Sector Enjoys a Regulatory Free-for-all

Nityanand Jayaraman 26/04/2019

An environmental clearance granted for exploration of shale oil...

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